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The Assassination of
Abraham Lincoln

Dr. Gray's Closing Prayer

and the Order of Procession

April 19, 1865

Excerpts from newspapers and other

sources

From the files of the
Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection

On Wednesday raoniing, April 19 » 1865, funeral services for
Abraliasa Lincoln were held in the East Itocsa of the Executive Mansicm,
The religious services were opened by the Rev, Dr. Hall of tlie
Protestant Episcopal Churdi and Rector of the Epiphany, who read
portions of Scripture used in the iii^ressive burial service of
that church. This was followed by a prayer by Bishop Simpson,
of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Rev. Dr. P, D, Gurley^ of
tlie New York Avenue Presbyterian Qiurdi delivered an in^ressive
funeral sermon. Rev. Dr. E« H. Cirayg Pastor of the E. Street
Baptist diurclij who was at the tiine Qiaplain of tlie United
States Senate, closed tlie services at the Executive Mansion with
a fervent prayer, Lincoln's remains were then removed to
the rotujida of tlie United States Ca|)itol building.

Wlien the sj^eaker closed there was a monent of silence,
followed by a general nxjvement; and ere tliey had stilled again,
Dr. Gray, tlie diaplain of tlie United States Senate, had taken
tlie place of Dr. Gurley, where he offered the following Closing
Prayer,

0 Lord God of ilosts, behold a nation prostrate before Tliy
Throne, clothed in sackclotli, who stand around all tliat now
remains of our illustrious and beloved Chief, We thank £tiee
that TJiou hast {jiven to us such a patriot, and to tlie countr/
sudi a ruler, ai\d to the world such a noble specimen of mahhood.
We bless Thee that thou hast raised bin to tlie highest position
of trust and power in the nation; and that Thou hast spared him
so long to guide and direct the affairs of the Government in
its hour of peril and conflict, V/e trusted it would be he who
sliould deliver Israel, that he would have been retained to us
while the nation was passing through its baptism of blood; but
in an evil hour, in an unexpected mofnent, wiien joy and rejoicing
fill our souls, and was tlirilling the heart of the nation, he
fell. 0 God, Give grace to sustain us under this dark and
mysterious providence I Help us to look unto Jhee and say. Mot
our will, but Jliinej^ 0 God^ be done. We commend to Thy merciful
regard and tender compassion the afflicted family of the deceased,

Thou seest how their hearts are stricken with sorrow and wrung
with agony, 0 help tlienij as they are now passing through the
dark valley and shadow o£ death, to fear no evil^ but to lean
upcm Tliy rod and staff for support. 0 help them to cast the
burden upon thy Great Burdenbearer, and find relief, iielp them
to look beyond liuman agencies and hunan means, and recognize thy
handj, 0, God, in tliis providence, and say: It is the Lord let
iiim do what seeraeth good in his siglit; and as they proceed slowly
and sadly on their way with the remains of a husband and father,
to consign them to their last resting place, may tliey look beyond
tlie grave to the morning of Resurrection, when tliat which they
no>.i? sow in weabiess shall be raised in strengt]i_; what they now
sow a Fiortal body shall be raised a spiritual body; that they now
so^' i)i corniption shall be raised in incorruption, and shall be
fashioned like liiito Christ's most glorious body, 0 God of t)ie
bereaved, Comfort and Sustain tliis mousning family. Bless the
ne\7 Chief Magistrate. Let the raantle of his predecessor fall
uj^on liim. lUess the Secretary of State and his family, 0 Cod,
if possible according to thy will, spare tlieir lives, that they
may render still inportant service to the country. Bless all tlie
meifibers of tlie C^ibinet, l£ndow tliem with wisdom from above.
Bless the ccwmianders of our army and navy, and all the brave
defenders of the country, and give them continued success. Bless
the ambassadors from foreign courts, and give us peace with tlie
nations of the eartiu 0 God, let treason, that has deluged our

land with blood, and devastated our country, and bereaved our
homes, and filled them with widows and orphans, and has at
lengtii culminated in the assassination of the nation's chosen
ruler, 2, God of justice, and avenger of the nation's wrongs,
let the work of treason cease, and let the guilty autlior of this
horrible crime be arrested and brought to justice. 0 hear the
cry and tlie prayer and the tears now arising from a nation's
crushed and smitten heart, and deliver us from tlie power of all
our enemies, and send speedy peace unto all our borders, througli
Jesus Qirist our Lord, j^men,

Rcraoval of the Body

Tlie prayer being ended, a detailed detadiment of tiie veteran
reserve corps entered tlie room, and, the coffin having been closed,
conveyed it from tlie catafalco (sic.) to tlie funeral car awaiting
it at tlie main entrance to tlie mansion. As soon as it was placed
tpon tlie car, the gentlemen in the east room passed out in their
appointed order, fell into their assigned places, and the funeral
cortege passed on in the broad sunlight to Pennsylvania Avenue,

At tliree o'clock tlie crowd was as densely packed as possible,
tliroughout tlie entire length of the procession, from tlie presiden-
tial mansion to tlie Capitol, a distance of a mile. Every roof,
windov;, doorway, balcony, and step, as well as the pavements and
the portion of the street between the curbs, upon which the eager
spectators could not be prevented from somewhat infringing, was
overwhelmingly crowded. The spectacle was grand beyont (sic.)

description, and the demonstrations of the people as the funeral
curtage (sic.) passed j were most touching. The colored people
formed a large iX)rtion of the crowd^ and tlieir tearful eyes and
sorroi^ful contenances, as the hearse which contained the reniaiiis
of their friend and liberator passed, only exi^ressed the mourning
of the nation over the death of its best defender.

Order of Precession.

Tlie Procession, as it left tlie presidential raaiision was
fomied find marched in the following order * , ,

Tentii Veteran Reserve Corps, ^Qjgiel Gile Cot^itted) with
Regimental bands, iMinth Veteran Reserve Corps, Colonel Gile with
Regimental band, Battallion of Marine Cor|)S, mid band. Two
Batteries EightyfourtJi United Stater. Artillery, Sixteenth New
York Cavalry, Colonel Sweitzer, Eightli Illinois Cavalry, Colonel
ClenJeain, Tliirteeiith licw York 'lounted band, General Ketchuin,
and Staff, General Slough and Staff, Co!TM:mder of Escort and
Staff I mounted, Nav>' officers on foot. Army officers on foot.
Surgeons and Assistant Surgeons, on foot. Cavalry and Infantry
officers, mounted. Clergy, General Grc-mt and officers, in
carriage, Catafalco (sic.) containing coi-pse, and guarded by
First Virginia Artillery, on foot. President's horse, gray,
with boots of President in stirrups. President's guard. Six
carriages, single file, containing the P^elatives of the deceased.
"Ilie Delegations of tlie States of Illinois and Kentucky, as mourners.
The President. The Cabinet Ministers, Foreign Legations.

Senators and Congressmen. The Chief Justice and Associate
Justices of the Supreme Court and city courts, Tlie Assistant
Secretaries of the different departments, Knigl\ts Templar and
Band. Philadelj^ia City Councils. Presidents of the Christian
and Sanitary Coraraissions. Satterlee's Band of Philadelphia,
Perseverance liose Con^any, No. 5, of Philadelphia. Washington
city councils. Citizens of Wasliington, Fourtli United States
Battery and Band. Delegations representing Ohio, New Jersey
and California. (2) Clerks of tlie Treasury Department. Clerks
of the Ordnance Department. Clerks of the Post Office Department,
Clerks of tlie War Department. Clerks of the Interior Department.
Army Surgeons, mounted. Battalion of the Quartermaster General's
office, and band, Baltimore City Councils and Custom House
officers. Quartermaster's Band. Fenian Brotherhood, First
Regiment .'ieigs Home Guard. Second Regiiient Meigs Home Guard.
Eraplyes (sic.) Quartermaster General's office. Eifjhth Illinois
Calvary Band, United States Military Ilailroad Employes.
(3) National Republican IMion Association of tlie Seventh Ward.
Citizens of Alexandria with band; also Friendship No, 1, and Sun
No, 2, First/£ire_ companies of the same city, Potomac Hose
Company, Georgetown. Mount Vernon Association of Alexandria, Va,
Lincoln Hospital Soldiers, Mechanics and Workingjnen frcmi Mt,
Clare, Baltimore. Baltimore and Ohio Railroad employes. Finley
Hospital Band and (4) Soldiifrs of Hospital. Arsenal employes.
ROTian diatolic (sic.) schools, led by Fatlier Vtfiget, Gonzaga and
Georgetown Colleges. Merrith's Band. East Baltimore Union League.

Hebrew Congregation, Turners. Baltimore City Comet Band,
Order of Ancient Good Fellows, Federal City Division No, 2, Sons
of TeiT^erancCp Followed by Carver Hospital Band, Good Samaritan,
No, 1,, Aurora Division^ No. 9; Equal Division, No, 4; Lincoln
Division, No, 17; Central Division, No. 12; Empire Division, No.
19; Mope Division, No. 18; Everett Division, No. 25; (5) Mount
Vernon Division; Grand Division; 1500 in all. Mount Pleasant
Band. Columbia Typographical Society, lanory Hospital Band, and
soldiers of hospital, Washington United Benevolent Association
j[coloredX. Hannony I.^ge, No, 18, G.U.O, of O.F, Xcoloredi,
King Hezekiah's pasture. No. 3, F,A,A,M, ^olored^. Union Grand
Lodge, F,A.A.M, Xcolored}. Citizens and strangers. The 22nd
Pennsylvania colored infantry, Colijnsai Terry commanding, direct
from Petersburg, arrived (6) in town yesterday noon, and took a
position on the Avenue, near Sixth Street, This regiment was
recently under General Weitzel, and was the second to enter
ilidimond, (7) As the head of the column approsdied where the
22nd was standing at rest, the band struck up a dirge, and the
regiment imniediately moved forward, thereby becaning tlie head of
the procession,

Tlie Funeral i^larch,
(8) The grand and beautiful funeral march, performed for
the first time by the United States Marine Band, in the obsequies
of our deceased and beloved Chief Magistrate ^ was (9) composed
and dedicated to the occasion by Brevet Major General J. G,

Bernard.

J?arQled Officers.

Some 450 Paroled officers, of every grade and arm of the
service, arrived from Carap Parole, Annapolis ^ early vestorday
mominp. (10) They were under the command of Brigad General
Chan^rlin, andiiaving met in front of the Executive Mansion at
noon, (11) joined in the funeral procession,
Mimicipal and Other Visitors.

A joint cornmittee of the Aldermen and COTmion Council of
New York arrived in V/ashington yesterday (12) morning, and
stepped at the Seatc»i House. They were received by a committee
of the Common Council of the District, (13) and formed in' procession
with the Conmon Council of Washington, Alderman Brice was
diairman of the Conmittee, (14) and Owen Cavenaugh. secretary.
The badge worn by the conwiittee was liandsonely draped, the device
being the coat of arms of the city, (15) having engraved thereon
the respective names of the members of the body. Tlie badge was
about tv/o indies in circuni (16) ference, and remarkably neat and
appropriate in its appearance, Tlie members of this company
constitute a fine (17) looking body of men. The Philadelphia
City Councils, the Comnittee of the Union League Club of New
York , . ,

OFFICIAL ARRANGEMENTS at Washington for the funeral
solemnities of the late ABRAHAM LINCOLN, President of
the United States, ivho died at the Seat of Government, on
Saturday, the loth day of Apiil, 1865.

WAR DEPARTMENT,

ADJUTAXT GEXERAL'S OFFICE,

Washington, April 17, 1865.
The following order of arrangement is directed : —

FnNER.\i- ESCORT — in column of March.

One Regiment of Cavalry.

Two Batteries of Artillery.

Battalion of Marines.

Two Regiments of Infantry.

Commander of Escort and Staff.

Dismounted Officers of Marine Corps, Navy and Army, in the
order named.

Mounted Officers of Marine Corps, Navy and Army, in the order

named.

All military officers to be in uniform, with side arms.

CIVIC PROCESSION.

Marshal.

Clergy in attendance.

The Surgeon General of the United States Army and Physicians to

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On the part of the Senate :
Ml-. Foster, of Connecticut.
" Morgan, of New York.
" Johnson, of Maryland.
'' Yates, of Illinois.
" Wade, of Ohio.
" Conness, of California.

Army.
Lieulenant-General U. S. Grant.
Major- General H. W. Halleck.
Brevet Brig. -Gen. W. A. Nichols.

On the part of the House :
Mr. Dawes, of Massachusetts.
" Coffroth, of Pennsylvania.
" Smith, of Kentucky.
" Colfax, of Indiana.
" Worthingtnn, of Nevada.
" Washburne, of Illinois.

Navy.

Vice Admiral D. G. Farragut.
Rear Admiral W. B. Shubrick.
Col. Jacob Zeilin, Marine Corps.

Civilians.

0. H. Browning.
Geo. Ashmun.

Thomas Corwin.
Simon Cameron.

FAMILY.
Relatives.
The Delegafions of the States of Illinois and Kentucky,
Mourners.

THE PRESIDENT.

The Cabinet Ministers.

The Dii^lomatic Corps.

E.x-Presidents.

The Chief Justice,

And Associate Justices of the Supreme Court.

The Senate of the United States,

Preceded by their Officers.

Members of the House of Representatives of the United States.

Governors of the several States and Territories.

Legislatures

Of the 'Several States and Territories.

The Federal Judiciary,

And the Judiciary of the several States and Territories.

Tlie Assistant Secretaries of State, Treasury, War, Navy, Interior,

and the Assistant Postmasters General, and the

Assistant Attorney General.

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Officers of the Smithsonian Institution.

The Members and Officers of the Sanitarj' and Christian Commis-
sions.

Corporate Authorities of Washington, Georgetown, and other Cities.

Delegations of the several States.

The Reverend, the Clergy of the various Denominations.

The Clerks and Eraplo3'ees of the several Departments and Bureaux,

preceded by the Heads of such Bureaux and their

respective Chief Clerks.

Such Societies as may wish to join the Procession.

Citizens and Strangers.

The troops desigtiated to form the escort will assemble in the
Avenue, north of the President's House, and form line precisely at
11 o'clock, A. M., on Wednesday, the 19i/i instant, with the left
resting on Fifteenth Street. The procession will move precisely at
2 o'clock, P. M., on the conclusion of the religious services at the
Executive Mansion, (appointed to commence at 12 o'clock, meri-
dian,) when minute guns will be fired by detachments of Artillery,
stationed near St. John's Church, the City Hall, and at the Capitol.
At the same hour the bells of the several churches in Washington,
Georgetown, and Alexandria, will be tolled.

At sun-rise on Wednesday, the 19tli instant, a Federal Salute will
be fired from the military stations in the vicinity of Washington,
minute guns between the hours of twelve and three o'clock, and a
national salute at the setting of the sun.

The usual badge of mourning will be worn on the left arm and
on the hilt of the sword.

By order of the Secretary of War :

w. A. :nichols,

Assistant Adjutant General.
Official :

Assistant Adjutant General.

Number 1540

FORT WAYNE, INDIANA

June, IDGG

A Unique Lincoln Funeral Item

c.

Editor's Niite: Tho c<litor
is particularly inciobted
to Miss Helen Stenien of
the libraiy staff for her
work in reading the min-
ute script on the paper
doily and for drawin;; the
diagram which indicates
the location of the text.

The Rev. Dr. Ed-
gar Harkness Gray
is remembered by
Lincoln students as
the pastor of the E
Street Baptist
Church of Washing-
ton, D. C, who off-
ered a fervent pray-
er at the close of the
Lincoln funeral serv-
ice held in the East
Room of the Execu-
tive Mansion on
Wednesday morning,
April 19, 1865. Dr.
Gray was well quali-
fied to serve as an
officiating clergyman
at the Lincoln fu-
neral service as he
was the Chaplain of
the United States
Senate, a position he
held during both the
Lincoln and Johnson
administrations.

Dr. Gray's closing
prayer was pub-
lished in The Wash-
in g t on Weekly
Chronicle, of Satur-
day, April 22, 1865,
along with the order
of the funeral pro-
cession from the
Executive Mansion
to the Rotunda of
the United States
Capitol.

This Baptist
clergyman had a
da ughter named
Mary Ella Gray who
was born on Janu-
ary 22, 1846. Appar-
ently, she was at-
tractive and had a suitor named David Davidson, who
resided at 234 East Broadway in New York City. If
Davidson was not a suitor, at least he was a very dear
friend. About all we know of Miss Gray is that she died
at the age of twenty-three.

On the occasion of Miss Gray's twentieth birthday

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From the Lincoln National Life Foundation

This original paper doily was presented to the Library-museum of the
Lincoln National Life Foundation by Mrs. Alphonse Martines, 1206 North
Kirkwood Road, Kirkwood, Missouri, a great grand daughter of Dr. Edgar
Harkness Gray.

Davidson presented
her with a hand-
engraved paper doily
that must have re-
quired many hours
of tedious and meti-
culous work to pre-
pare. Throughout its
attractive embossed
design Davidson in-
corporated the words
of "The Closing
Prayer of The Rev.
Dr. Gray, And The
Order of The Pro-
cession At The Fu-
neral of President
Abraham Lincoln,
April 21, 1865."

The words written
into the design of
the doily constitute
almost two and two-
thirds' columns of
print in The Wash-
in p t o n Weekly
Chronicle of April
22, 1865 (see page
8). With the use of
a magnifying glass
and photographic en-
largements of the
doily, the library
staff checked David-
son's hand-engraved
letters with the orig-
inal newspaper arti-
cle. In the recorded
account which fol-
lows, certain discrep-
ancies were found,
and these are indi-
cated in italics.
Where words or
names were omitted
by Davidson, they
have been added by
using the newspaper
article as a refer-
ence.

Having completed
the diagram the art-
ist ended his work
in the middle of a
sentence. Of course,
the engraving on the
doily has no logical beginning or ending, but it does con-
stitute one of the most unique Lincoln funeral relics in
the Foundation's collection. However, this is not the only
example extant of Davidson's work. The artist presented
Dr. Gray with a similar paper doily dated December 4,
1865 which contains his Senate prayer at the opening of
the Thirty-ninth Congress.

LINCOLN LORE

The complete wording (Note numbered text and area
location on diagram) inscribed on the doily follows: "(1)
When the speaker closed there was a moment of silence,
followed by a general movement; and ere they had stilled
again, Dr. Gray, the chaplain of the United States Senate,
had taken the place of Dr. Gurley, where he offered the
following Closing Prayer.

"0 Lord God of Hosts, behold a nation prostrate before
Thy Throne, clothed in sackcloth, who stand around all
that now remains of our illustrious and beloved Chief. We
thank Thee that Thou hast given to us such a patriot, and
to the country such a ruler, and to the world such a noble
specimen of manhood. We bless Thee that thou hast raised
him to the highest position of trust and power in the
nation; and that Thou hast spared him so long to guide
and direct the affairs of the Government in its hour of
peril and conflict. We trusted it would be he who should
deliver Israel, that he would have been retained to us
while the nation was passing through its baptism of
blood ; but in an evil hour, in an unexpected moment,
when joy and rejoicing fill our souls, and was thrilling the
heart of the nation, he fell. 0 God, Give grace to sustain
us under this dark and mysterious providence! Help us
to look unto Thee and say. Not our will, but Thine, 0 God,
be done. We commend to Thy merciful regard and tender
compassion the afflicted family of the deceased. Thou
seest how their hearts are stricken with sorrow and
wrung with agony. 0 help them, as they are now passing
through the dark valley and shadow of death, to fear no
evil, but to lean upon Thy rod and staff for support. O
help them to cast the burden upon thy Great Burden-
bearer, and find relief. Help them to look beyond human
agencies and human means, and recognize thy hand, O,
God, in this providence, and say: It is the Lord let him
do what seemeth good in his sight; and as they proceed
slowly and sadly on their way with the remains of a hus-
band and father, to consign them to their last resting
place, may they look beyond the grave to the morning of
Resurrection, when that which they now sow in weakness
shall be raised in strength; what they now sow a mortal
body shall be raised a spiritual body; that they now sow
in corruption shall be raised in incorruption, and shall be
fashioned like unto Christ's most glorious body. 0 God of
the bereaved, Comfort and Sustain this mourning family.
Bless the new Chief Magistrate. Let the mantle of his
predecessor fall upon him. Bless the Secretary of State
and his family. 0 God, if possible according to thy will,
spare their lives, that they may render still important
service to the country. Bless all the members of the Cabi-
net. Endow them with wisdom from above. Bless the com-
manders of our army and navy, and all the brave defend-
ers of the country, and give them continued success. Bless
the ambassadors from foreign courts, and give us peace
with the nations of the earth. 0 God, let treason, that
has deluged our land with blood, and devastated our
country, and bereaved our homes, and filled them with
widows and orphans, and has at length culminated in the
assassination of the nation's chosen ruler, — God of
justice, and avenger of the nation's wrongs, let the work
of treason cease, and let the guilty author of this horrible
crime be arrested and brought to justice. O hear the cry
and the prayer and the tears now arising from a nation's
crushed and smitten heart, and deliver us from the power
of all our enemies, and send speedy peace unto all our
borders, through Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen.

Removal of the Body
The prayer being ended, a detailed detachment of the
veteran reserve corps entered the room, and, the coffin
having been closed, conveyed it from the catafalco (sic.)
to the funeral car awaiting it at the main entrance to
the mansion. As soon as it was placed upon the car, the
gentlemen in the east room passed out in their appointed
order, fell into their assigned places, and the funeral

cortege passed on in the broad sunlight to Pennsylvania
Avenue.

At three o'clock the crowd was as densely packed as
possible, throughout the entire length of the procession,
from the presidential mansion to the Capitol, a distance
of a mile. Every roof, window, doorway, balcony, and step,
as well as the pavements and the portion of the street
between the curbs, upon which the eager spectators could
not be prevented from somewhat infringing, was over-
whelmingly crowded. The spectacle was grand beyont
(sic.) description, and the demonstrations of the people
as the funeral cortage (sic.) passed, were most touching.
The colored people formed a large portion of the crowd,
and their tearful eyes and sorrowful countenances, as the
hearse which contained the remains of their friend and
liberator passed, only expressed the mourning of the
nation over the death of its best defender.

Order of Procession.

The Procession, as it left the presidential mansion was
formed and marched in the following order . . .

Tenth Veteran Reserve Corps, Colonel Gile (omitted)
with Regimental bands. Ninth Veteran Reserve Corps,
Colonel Gile with Regimental band. Battalion of Marine
Corps, and band. Two Batteries Eightyfourth United
States Artillery. Sixteenth New York Cavalry, Colonel
Sweitzer. Eighth Illinois Cavalry, Colonel Clendenin.
Thirteenth New York Mounted band. General Ketchum,
and Staff. General Slough and Staff. Commander of
Escort and Staff, mounted. Navy officers on foot. Army
officers on foot. Sur^reons and Assistant Surgieons, on foot.
Cavalry and Infantry officers, mounted. Clergy. General
Grant and officers, in carriage. Catafalco (sic.) contain-
ing corpse, and guarded by /^irst Virginia Artillery, on
foot. President's horse, gray, with boots of President in
stirrups. President's guard. Six carriages, single file,
containing the Relatives of the deceased. The Delegations
of the States of Illinois and Kentucky, as mourners. The
President. The Cabinet Ministers. Foreign Legations.
Senators and Congressmen. The Chief Justice and Asso-
ciate Justices of the Supreme Court and city courts. The
Assistant Secretaries of the different departments.
Knights Templar and Band. Philadelphia City Councils.
Presidents of the Christian and Sanitary Commissions.
Satterlee's Band of Philadelphia. Perseverance Hose Com-
pany, No. 5, of Philadelphia. Washington city councils.
Citizens of Washington. Fourth United States Battery
and Band. Delegations representing Ohio, New Jersey

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From the Lincoln National Life Foundation

Diagram of paper doily drawn by Helen Stemen indicat-
ing numbered areas of the text.

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and California. (2) C'leiks of the Treasury Department.
Clerks of the Ordnance Departnrient. Clerks of the Post
Office Deiiartnient. Clerks of the War Department. Clerks
of the Interior Department. Army Sur^t'ons, mounted.
Battalion of the Quartermaster General's office, and band.
Baltimore City Councils and Custom House officers.
Quartermaster's Band. Fenian Brotherhood. First Regi-
ment Meigs Home Guard. Second Regiment Meifjs Home
Guard. Emj)lyes (sic.) Quartermaster General's office.
Eighth Illinois Calvary Band. United States Military
Railioad Employes. (3) National Republican Union Asso-
ciation of the Seventh Ward. Citizens of Alexandi-ia with
band; also Friendship No. 1, and Sun No. 2, First/Fire
companies of the same city. Potomac Hose Company
Georgetown. Mount Vernon Association of Alexandria,
Va. Lincoln Hospital Soldiers. Mechanics and Working-
men from Mt. Clare, Baltimore. Baltimore and Ohio Rail-
road employes. P^inley Hospital Band and (4) Soldiers of
Hospital. Arsenal employes. Roman chatolic (sic.) schools,
led by Father Wiget. Gonzaga and Georgetown Colleges.
Merrith's Band. East Baltimore Union League. Hebrew-
Congregation. Turners. Baltimore City Cornet Band.
Order of Ancient Good Fellows. Federal City Division No.
2, Sons of Temperance, Followed by Carver Hospital
Band. Good Samaritan, No. 1. Aurora Division, No. 9;
Equal Division, No. 4; Lincoln Division, No. 17; Central
Division, No. 12; Empire Division, No. 19; Hope Division,
No. 18; Everett Division, No. 25; (5) Mount Vernon Divi-
sion; Grand Division; 1500 in all. Mount Pleasant Band.
Columbia Typographical Society. Emory Hospital Band,
and soldiers of hospital. Washington United Benevolent
Association ('colored^. Harmony Lodge, No. 18, G.U.O. of
O.F. (colored). King Hezekiah's pasture. No. 3, F.A.A.M.
('colored^. Union Grand Lodge, F.A.A.M. (colored). Citi-
zens and stranges. The 22nd Pennsylvania colored in-
fantry, Colowe/ Terry commanding, direct from Peters-
burg, arrived (6) in town yesterday noon, and took a
position on the Avenue, near Sixth Street. This regiment
was recently under General Weitzel, and was the second
to enter Richmond. (7) As the head of the column
approached where the 22nd was standing at rest, the
band struck up a dirge, and the regiment immediately
moved forward, thereby becoming the head of the proces-
sion.

The Funeral March.
(8) The grand and beautiful funeral march, performed
for the first time by the United States Marine Band, in
the obsequies of our deceased and beloved Chief Magi-
strate, WES (9) composed and dedicated to the occasion
by Brevei Major General J. G. Bernard.

Paroled Officers.
Some 450 Paroled officers, of every grade and arm of
the service, arrived from Camp Parole, Annapolis, early
yesterday morni)ig. (10) They were under the command
of Brigad General Chamberlin, and having met in front
of the Executive Mansion at noon, (11) joined in the
funeral procession.

Municipal and Other Visitors.
A joint committee of the Aldermen and Common
Council of New York arrived in Washington yesterday
(12) morning, and stopped at the Seaton House. They
were received by a committee of the Common Council of
the District, (13) and formed in procession with the
Common Council of W^ashington. Alderman Brice was
chairman of the Committee, (14) and Owen Cavenaugh
secretary. The badge worn by the committee was hand-
somely draped, the device being the coat of arms of the

city, (ir>) having engiaved thereon tiio respective names
of the members of the body. The badge was about two
inches in circum (IG) ference, and remarkably neat and
approi)riate in its appearance. The members of this com-
pany constitute a fine (17) looking body of men. The
Philadelphia City Councils, the Committee of the Union
League Club of New York . . .

Lincoln Statue Unveiled in Mexico (^ity

On April 15, 1966
a statue of Abra-
ham Lincoln was
unveiled in Mexico
City.* The heroic
bronze figure is a
gift from the peo-
ple of the United
States to the peo-
ple of Mexico. The
dedication was at-
tended by Presi-
dent Lyndon B.
Johnson and Presi-
dent Gustavo Diaz-
Ordaz of Mexico,
along with other
notable citizens of
both the United
States and Mexico.
The statue is a
replica of the work
of Augustus Saint-
Gaudens, the orig-
inal of which is lo-
cated in Lincoln
Park, Chicago, Illi-
nois. The Chicago
statue was dedi-
cated on October 22, 1887. The cost of the original project,
which amounted to $40,000, was financed by a wealthy
lumberman, Eli Gates, who died in 1881. The Lincoln Park
statue setting, described as the "Mecca of Lincoln wor-
shippers," was the joint work of Saint-Gaudens and the
architect, Stanford White.

There is also a replica of the Saint-Gaudens Lincoln
statue in London, England. It was unveiled on July 28,
1920 within the "shadows of Westminster Abbey." This
statue was presented to the British people in 1914 by the
American National Committee "for the celebration of the
Centenary of the Treaty of Ghent and the completion of
one hundred years of peace between these two English
speaking peoples." Those taking part in the dedication
program were Viscount Bryce, Elihu Root and David
Lloyd George.

The Mexico City statue, valued at $150,000, is located
in a new Lincoln Park in the Polenco residential area of
the capital city. The site was chosen jointly by the Mexi-
can and United States Governments.

A United States delegation, including ten members of
Congress, headed officially by Mrs. Johnson and Secretary
of State Dean Rusk, was in attendance at the dedication;
however, President Johnson was the ranking member.
The President of Mexico unveiled a bronze plaque ad-
jacent to the statue, before Mrs. Johnson unveiled the

"On April 10. 1964 a new heroic bronze statue of Abraham Lincoln by
Anuel Tarrac was dedicated in Juarez. Mexico. (See Lincoln Lore No.
151.5. May. 1964, pase 3)

Uvitrd /V< Ns I iitrrnutional

Lincoln statue by Saint-Gaudens
unveiled in Mexico City, Mexico on
April 15, 1966. President and Mrs.
Lyndon Johnson stand at each side
of the statue pedestal.

LINCOLN LORE

Lincoln figure on its marble base. Mrs. Johnson spoke
briefly in Spanish, expressing "her own affection and the
friendship of the United States for Mexico." Dr. Antonio
Carrillo Flores, Mexico's foreign relations secretary, re-
ceived the Lincoln statue in behalf of the Mexican people.

Press reports of the dedicatory speeches indicate that
very little was said by the United States or Mexican
citizens about Abraham Lincoln or Augustus Saint-
Gaudens. This was not the case on October 22, 1887 when
the Chicago Park Commissioners, in the name of the
public, accepted from the Bates trustees the splendid
statue. Leonard Swett, a leader of the Chicago bar who
had ridden the Eighth Judicial Circuit with Lincoln, gave
the official address. His speech was interwoven "with
references to his personal intimacy with his old friend."

The cord which loosened the huge flag covering the
bronze statue was pulled by a fifteen year old boy named
Abraham Lincoln, the son of Robert Todd Lincoln and the
grandson of the Sixteenth President. According to the
reports of that day there was no applause; instead, there
was a "deep hush" broken by cheers which came later, and
"tears were shed by many who had known the man in
life."

The late F. Lauriston Bullard, in his book "Lincoln in
Marble and Bronze," described the reaction of the vast
Chicago audience once the Saint-Gaudens Lincoln statue
was in clear view:

"They looked at the symbol of the office he had held
and of the cause he had represented. The choir was not
merely an ornamental accessory, but an essential ele-
ment in the composition, inseparable from the statue
itself. The people had heard the chairman of the
trustees say in his presentation speech that it had been
the sculptor's purpose 'to present Lincoln, the Presi-
dent, burdened with the responsibilities of the hour,
giving audience to a delegation of the people, who
presented for his consideration matters of great public
concern'. It is a thoughtful Lincoln who stands before
them. He is pondering. Presently he will lift his head
and tell them, out of his greater knowledge of the con-
ditions besetting the Administration, all that he can
safely publicize, and why he may not be able to grant
all they ask."

In 1952 Bullard wrote that "Ever since the day of dedi-
cation, men and women from every corner of the Union
and from all the lands of the globe have gone to Lincoln
Park to look upon that statue. It was instantly recognized
as a great work of art. It is so regarded today. It has
never been surpassed as a portrait in bronze or marble of

the best loved of all Americans. We have many noble
sculptured 'Lincolns' today, but it is a question — one of
those questions that can never be conclusively decided —
if any of them equals this in the beauty of its conception
and the artistry of its execution."

And now a word about the artist whose biographical
sketch covers over six pages in the Dictionary of Ameri-
can Biography:

"Augustus Saint-Gaudens (March 1, 1848-August 3,
1907), sculptor, owed his salience in American Art to a
dual significance in his work. It was rooted primarily in
intrinsic gifts and then in the influence which he exer-
cised upon his contemporaries. He was a recognized
chef cUecole, long leading and accelerating the movement
liberating sculpture in the United States from an arid
convention. There had been distinguished men before him
and one of them, whom he came to know in his young
manhood, J. Q. A. Ward, an artist of very high abilities,
had already pointed the way promising escape from a thin
academic hypothesis. But it was left to Saint-Gaudens to

effect the essential
modernization of a
school, to gather
up the elements of
progress and illu-
strate their potency
through large and
varied achieve-
ments."

Despite the ex-
cellence of Saint-
Gaudens' standing
Lincoln, this statue
is superseded in ex-
cellence by his im-
pressive figure,
"Grief," for the
Adams Memorial
in Rock Creek
Cemetery, Wash-
ington, D.C., which
has been described
as "An idealization
complete and abso-

From the Lincoln National Life Foundation liif p fhe rendering

Lincoln statue by Saint-Gaudens of a simple, natur-
unveiled in London, England on al fact — a woman
July 28, 1920. in grief."

From the Chicago Historical Society

Lincoln statue by Saint-Gaudens unveiled in Chicago, Illinois on October 22, 1887.